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Florida Water Star^SM home

Program criteria

• Residential
  • Criteria
• Commercial/
  Institutional
  • Criteria
• Community

Training and workshops

• Calendar

Resources

• Technical manual
• Indoor resources
• Irrigation resources
• Landscaping resources
• Incentives and mandates
• Other

Contacts

• Program administrators
• Accredited professionals
• Builders
• Certifiers
  • e-Certification

Our partners

• New participants and recent certifications
• Technical Advisory Committee

New participants

• Bella Lago — This 150-unit apartment complex was recently retrofitted and achieved Florida Water Star^SM Residential Silver certification.
• Paradise Key — This 53-home luxury community in Jacksonville Beach has agreed to pilot Florida Water Star^SM Community criteria. All new houses will be certified as Florida Water Star^SM Residential Silver and community landscape and irrigation will implement numerous efficiency practices and meet the Florida Water Star^SM water budget.
• Stag Horn Villas — A 58-townhome community just west of Orlando’s College Park neighborhood, this 3.9 acre Habitat for Humanity community has received ENERGY STAR^® certification and Florida Green Building certification.

Recent certifications

Retirement community — City of Palatka

A retirement community in Palatka became the first community in the St. Johns River Water Management District to receive the Florida Water Star^SM Community certification during a ceremony March 9, 2012. The Annie M. Spell Senior Community is a new condo-style community that boasts water efficiency inside and outside. Indoors, fixtures and appliances are WaterSense^®-labeled. In addition to each individual apartment meeting Florida Water Star^SM water efficiency standards, the community's common areas also meet standards through the use of waterwise landscaping and no permanent irrigation.